This is Crazy Eve! (VIDEOS)

Think of this as the calm before the storm! This is a yearly thing in my world, the day before crazy begins that we know as the fall playoff push with the volleyball and football teams and also the musical cast and crew...throw in Halloween, a number of community events...a "Gun Blast" at the Padua Pub...and it's a perfect recipe for some of the craziest weeks of the year. Trust me! We are in for a wild ride for the next few weeks.

First, let's go back a few weeks to Homecoming week and the night I took a trip north to the FargoDome...

Here's Nickelback performing their smash hit called "Hero" at the FargoDome on October 5:


Next (below) is perhaps Nickelback's most popular song of their music franchise...here's the song "Photograph" performed that night in Fargo.

Nickelback at the FargoDome on October 5:


Let's watch some volleyball! This is one of the most exciting sequences of volleyball I've seen this fall...this is from game one against Paynesville one week ago tonight:


The Jaguars prevailed in game one before losing game two. They won game three but then lost game four. The fifth game went to the Jaguars! They sewed up their fifth conference title in the past six seasons! B-B-E opens playoffs tomorrow night against Ortonville at 7 p.m. in Brooten. The Trojans defeated Benson 3-1 last night in Benson.

More to come in the morning. I have a few light stories to wrap up before the printing press rolls up the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper in the morning. You can catch up on everything that's coming our way by grabbing a copy either in your mailbox or on a newsstand on Wednesday afternoon/evening at RJ's Mini Mart in Brooten, Coop's Corner and the hardware store in Belgrade or Bayer's Gas and Grocery in Elrosa.

LATE tonight after I get some urgent newspaper work done, I'll get an area scoreboard posted with tonight's football playoff results. The big game we are all interested in is the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City vs. Benson game at Grove City. The winner of that game will travel to Belgrade THIS Saturday for the section semis to face our Jaguars!

UPDATE: with 9 minutes to go in their Section 4A quarterfinal game, A-C-GC held a 26-7 lead over visiting Benson.

FINAL SCORE: A-C-GC 34, Benson 13...the Falcons are now 6-3 overall and travel to Belgrade on Saturday for the Section 4A semifinals. They led 20-7 at halftime against the Braves, who finish 1-8.

Area scoreboard for the first round of football playoffs, October 24:
Hermantown 21, Rock Ridge 0
Border West 53, Ortonville 21
New York Mills 35, West Central Area 20
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 15, Fergus Falls 12
Parkers Prairie 50, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 0
Sauk Centre 52, Minnewaska Area 18
Montevideo 40, Melrose Area 16
#1 ranked Minneota 70, Lakeview 8
Pierz 60, Proctor 16